Jennifer Weigel

Jennifer Weigel is a multi-disciplinary mixed media conceptual artist. Weigel utilizes a wide range of media to convey her ideas, including assemblage, drawing, fibers, installation, jewelry, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, video, and writing. Much of her work touches on themes of beauty, identity (especially gender identity), memory & forgetting, and institutional critique. Weigel’s art has been exhibited nationally in all 50 states and has won numerous awards.

Artist Statement:

I have always photographed things that catch my eye, especially the more mundane or overlooked those things might be. I am particularly drawn to details of nature & sky and the view looking up. My background is primarily in drawing, fibers, and conceptual art, and I love using photography as a means of exploring visual textures and patterns in my everyday environment as it harkens to my history with textiles.

About This Image: This photograph was taken at the Spring Hill Farm on the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Kansas, USA. It features a large ball of barbed wire not unlike a ball of twine or string. I was drawn to the subject matter because of the juxtaposition of a material that is pointy, unwelcoming, and generally seen as somewhat dangerous (especially when rusted like this) with a form that is associated with softness, knitting sweaters, and kittens.